What it's like
Stables Bar & Grill is the Crowne Plaza Chester restaurant and lounge on Trinity Street, useful for breakfast, lunch, dinner, steak, afternoon tea, cocktails, hotel guests, groups and racecourse plans.
Stables Bar & Grill is a hotel restaurant, and that is the honest frame. It is built for comfort, breadth and convenience: breakfast, lunch, dinner, afternoon tea, steaks, cocktails and a lounge bar on the racecourse side of the centre.
Use it when practical matters: hotel stay, work meal, racecourse plans, access, group booking or a table that will not terrify anyone. Do not sell it to yourself as the most characterful meal in Chester.
Worth knowing
Stables is useful, comfortable and central, but it is still a hotel restaurant. That is a strength when you need reliability, access and a broad menu; a weakness if you came to Chester looking for a room with a pulse.
Plan your visit
- Address
- Crowne Plaza Chester, Trinity Street, Chester CH1 2BD.
- Hours
- Restaurant service is currently listed across breakfast, lunch and dinner, with the lounge open later. Check direct for exact meal times.
- Food
- International hotel menu, steaks, lounge snacks, sandwiches, burgers, desserts and afternoon tea.
- Drinks
- Ales, cocktails, wine, coffee and standard hotel bar drinks.
- Booking
- Reservable, and booking is sensible for dinner, afternoon tea, race days and groups.
- Kids
- Good for children and a children's menu are listed.
- Dogs
- Dogs are not listed as allowed.
- Access
- Wheelchair-accessible parking, entrance, toilet and seating are listed.
- Parking
- Hotel parking may apply, but check direct rather than assuming visitor arrangements.
How to use it
- Use it when you are already at the hotel, near Trinity Street or planning around the racecourse.
- Book afternoon tea, dinner and race-day meals rather than winging it.
- Ask about parking and access details if either matters.
- For more Chester character afterwards, walk down Watergate Street or onto the walls.
What's on and practical notes
The Crowne Plaza is also a meetings and events hotel, so the restaurant and lounge can be affected by conferences, race days and hotel occupancy. Check direct for bigger group plans.
No checked TTDC event listings for this place right now. Check its own listings before building a visit around an event.
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FAQ
What is Stables Bar & Grill Chester best for?
Hotel meals, breakfast, lunch, dinner, steaks, afternoon tea, groups, racecourse plans and easy central booking.
Where is Stables Bar & Grill?
It is inside Crowne Plaza Chester on Trinity Street, near Chester Racecourse and Watergate Street.
Can non-guests eat at Stables Bar & Grill?
The restaurant takes reservations, but check direct for breakfast and hotel-busy periods.
Is Stables Bar & Grill good for children?
Good for children and a children's menu are listed.
Is Stables Bar & Grill accessible?
Wheelchair-accessible parking, entrance, toilet and seating are listed.
Nearby alternatives and add-ons.
The Guild The Guild is the Watergate Street cocktail bar in the former Holy Trinity Church, which gives it more drama than the average night out requires. It is useful for groups, bookings, cocktails and occasions where the room is part of the point. Big, central and not pretending to be a quiet snug. 
Upstairs at the Grill Upstairs at the Grill is the Watergate Street steakhouse for when dinner is meant to feel like the main event. It is more polished than casual, with a grown-up bar, a steak-focused menu and the sort of room that suits date nights, business dinners and people who have decided chips are not enough. Book ahead if the evening matters. 
Prohibition Prohibition is the hidden cocktail bar above Parmar on Watergate Street: low light, old books, red velvet and drinks made with a bit of ceremony. It is not a casual pint stop and it is not trying to be. Come for a small-table cocktail night with a jazz, blues and funk soundtrack, a door you have to find, and enough speakeasy theatre to make the first drink feel like an event.